Spatial relationships between Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) and cattle infected with Mycobacterium bovis in Northern Spain
| Autor: | José Prieto, Lucía de Juan, Luis J. Royo, Javier Bezos, Mark A. Chambers, Pablo González-Quirós, Oscar Rodríguez, Nelson Marreros, Isabel Merediz, M. Francisca Copano, Ana Balseiro, Richard J. Delahay, Christian Gortázar |
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| Přispěvatelé: | CSIC - Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA), Swiss National Science Foundation, European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) |
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Veterinary medicine Disease reservoir Tuberculosis Badger 040301 veterinary sciences animal diseases Mustelidae Meles 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences biology.animal medicine Transmission Animals Demography Disease Reservoirs 030304 developmental biology 0303 health sciences Mycobacterium bovis General Veterinary biology 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification medicine.disease bacterial infections and mycoses 3. Good health Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex Spain Herd Cattle Female Animal Science and Zoology Meles meles Tuberculosis Bovine |
| Zdroj: | The Veterinary Journal Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.03.017 |
| Popis: | Recent studies suggest that badgers may be a potential reservoir of Mycobacterium bovis infection for cattle in Northern Spain. The objective of this study was to investigate potential epidemiological links between cattle and badgers. Culture and molecular typing data were available for cattle culled during the national tuberculosis (TB) eradication campaigns between 2008 and 2012, as well as from 171 necropsied badgers and 60 live animals trapped and examined over the same time period.Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex strains were isolated from pooled tissues of 14 (8.2%) necropsied badgers, of which 11 were identified as M. bovis: six different spoligotypes of M. bovis were subsequently identified. In two geographical locations where these isolates were shared between cattle and badgers, infected cattle herds and badgers lived in close contact. Although it remains unclear if badgers are a maintenance or spill-over host of M. bovis in this setting, it would appear prudent to have precautionary measures in place to reduce contact between cattle and badgers. Ana Balseiro is a recipient of a Contrato de Investigación para Doctores award from the Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agraria y Agroalimentaria (INIA). Nelson Marreros holds a Fellowship for Prospective Researcher from the Swiss National Science Foundation. This project was supported by INIA RTA2011-00010-00-00, MCINN Grant AGL2011-30041 and FEDER and FP7 EU Grant TB-STEP (212414). |
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